From a single lightning strike to Australia's largest bush fire

How heat and drought turned Australia into a tinderbox.

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  • Weather and fire,
  • Fighting fires,
  • Fire behaviour,
  • Fire in the environment,
  • Major bush fires,
  • Environment,
  • Black Summer 2019/2020

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